General greetings (Formal)
- Hello!
- How are you?
- How are you doing?
- How is everything?
- How’s everything going?
- How have you been keeping?
- I trust that everything is well.
General greetings (Informal)
- Hi.
- What’s up?
- Good to see you.
- How are things (with you)?
- How’s it going?
- How’s life been treating you?
Greeting a person you haven’t seen for a long time (Formal)
- It has been a long time.
- It’s been too long.
- What have you been up to all these years?
- It’s always a pleasure to see you.
- How long has it been?
- I’m so happy to see you again.
Greeting a person you haven’t seen for a long time (Informal)
- How come I never see you?
- It’s been such a long time.
- Long time no see.
- Where have you been hiding?
- It’s been ages since we last met.
Agreeing/Disagreeing
There is no clearly defined difference between formal and informal ways of agreeing or disagreeing but it’s good to be careful about using expressions that sound too informal in certain situations.Click on the audio jukebox to hear the expressions according to tracks.· Track 1- Simple agreement
1. I agree.
2. I really agree with you.
3. I think you are right.
4. I couldn’t agree with you more.
5. You said it.
6. Can’t say I don’t agree.
7. I’m with you on this.
8. I partly agree
9. I agree on this but not that.
10. It’s partly true.
· Track 2 - Accepting/Declining/Expressing acceptance
1. I accept your point.
2. Please accept this on our behalf.
3. Sorry, I can’t accept this.
4. I’m 100% with you on this!
5. Great idea.
6. I’ll take it.
7. Sorry, I can’t take it.
8. Accept my apology.
· Track 3 - Simple disagreement or refusal
1. I disagree with you.
2. Everyone has their own opinion, right?
3. I think you’re wrong on this.
4. I’m sorry but I have to refuse your request.
5. You’re wrong.
6. No way!
7. You’ve got to be kidding!
8. How can you even say that?
9. Where is your logic?
· Track 4 - Strong disagreement
1. I completely disagree with you.
2. You are very wrong to say that.
3. I totally disagree with you.
4. I can’t find myself to agree with you.
5. You’re dead wrong.
6. You’re way wrong.
Apologizing and Explaining oneself
There are a few ways to apologize but a good thing to remember is that we usually add something to an apology:· Part 1- Apologies
- I’m sorry…
- I’m very sorry…
- I’m terribly sorry…
- Excuse me…
- Pardon me…
- I apologize…
- I’m afraid…
· Part 2 - Explaining Oneself , Accepting Responsibility
- …I wasn’t very well yesterday
- …I didn’t see you
- …It won’t happen again
- …I’ll be more careful next time
- …I’ll finish it before I go home
- …It’s my fault
- …It’s all my fault
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